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    <h1>Introduction to the Reports Module</h1>
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        The Reports Module is a DotNetNuke&reg; Module designed to query a tabular data store
        and visualizer the results. The module is not designed for viewing data from 
        hierarchical sources such as XML, and we recommend you check out the 
        <a href="http://www.dotnetnuke.com/tabid/877/Default.aspx">
            [VERIFYLINK]XML/XSL Module[/VERIFYLINK]
        </a> if you wish to process XML data.
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    <h2>Viewing Reports</h2>
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                Figure 1 - The Reports Module View Screen
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        The main page of the Reports Module is layed out as show in Figure 1 above. The 
        <cite>Info Pane</cite> displays the title of the report and a short description.
        The <cite>Report Controls</cite> allow the user to update the results by clicking
        <kbd>Run Report</kbd> or hide the displayed results by clicking 
        <kbd>Hide Report Results</kbd>
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